What you need to know about deadly counterfeits
Consumer Reports identifies knockoff products that pose serious threats to your health and safety. The sale of counterfeit products is far from a victimless crime, as we explained in “The True Cost of Fake Goods.” Counterfeiting benefits illicit activities such as drug and human trafficking, child labor, and even terrorism, according to officials who follow the money. While many fakes are simply cheap knockoffs of designer duds, others have potentially devastating health and safety consequences. Here are some that are particularly dangerous.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2015/08/deadly-counterfeits/index.htm
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